Gaol Governor
MR. C. R. MORTIMER, new Governor of Maitland Gaol. He commenced duties last Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1934
3,757 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 63 of 188
Sentenced to Gaol for Three Years Crippled After Shooting Youth Armed When Arrested Shop Robberies
Shot, it was stated, while attempting to escape after being detected while breaking into premises at Mayfield last…
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"A man needn't get drunk, but if he does, he need not use bad language. Don't get drunk, and don't use bad language when you're sober,…
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The license of the Contennial Hotel was transferred from Joseph Patrick Cunningham to William Walter Elliott. Mr. F. A. O'Donnell appeared in support of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dispute in Family Attack on Woman Charged "Not Guilty" Verdict
A claw-hammer and a potstick featured prominently in a case at Newcastle Quarter Sessions to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Three Robberies Police Suspect Local Gang
Following the reports of three robberies to the Newcastle police yesterday it is believed that a gang professional thieves is operating in the district…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Small Debts' Court Verdicts for Plaintiffs
A verdict for the amount claimed, with 22/ costs, was returned in favour of the plaintiff in the case in which Thomas Clifford, Railway-street, Wickham,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Divorce Action Petitioner's Case Concluded Maitland Circuit Court
Unusual interest was again shown in the Murray divorce petition, which was continued before Mr. Acting Justice Markell at the Maitland Circuit Court held…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Compensation Case Insurance Company's Claim Court Discusses Application Sydney
On July 18 last year, John Thomas Slendor was allegedly thrown from a horse and received injuries which resulted in his leg being amputated. He obtained…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"It's Not True" Coroner's Suicide Finding Widow's Outburst in Court Sydney
During the Coroner's inquiry to-day into the death of Andrew Mutter, 50, accountant, who at the time of his death had been married only a fortnight, there…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Point in Law on Betting Pool Fop Picking Six Places Supreme Court Reference Sydney
A problem concerning betting was before Mr. Actino Justice Maxwell in Chambers to-day. The Judge was informed that a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Assault Outside Court Acquitted Man Was Punched
Acquitted at Newcastle Quarter Sessions yesterday of a charge of assault, occasioning bodily harm. George Wilfred…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Theft of Margarine
Sequel to the theft of three boxes of margarine, valued at £5/11/, the property of Rey Mayo at Islington, on or about March 21, was the appearance of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Manslaughter Charged Sequel to Motoring Fatality
There was a stir at Newcastle Quarter Sessions this afternoon when Thomas Ambrose De Gruchy was charged with having…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Police Court Wednesday, May 2. (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) to Leave the City
To enable them to leave Newcastle, the hearing was adjourned until Friday of the cases in which Dorrie Barry, 27, and Vivian Kenny, 23, were charged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Industrial Court Hearing Adjourned
Stating that it was a matter in which a principle was at stake, and probably involving thousands of pounds, Mr. B. A. Helmore (Messrs. Sparke and Helmore),…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Quarter Sessions Shooting at Mayfield Connors Sent to Gaol Conviction In Hamilton Case
Of the three accused persons brough before Judge Nield at the sitting of the Quarter Sessions, which began at Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, one pleaded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Petition Fails Murray Case Concludes Maitland Circuit Court
The Murray divorce petition was concluded before Mr. Acting Justice Markell at the Maitland Circuit Court at the East Maitland Courthouse last night…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Raided by Police Communists In Paris Barricades Stormed Paris, May 2
Following the May Day demonstrations, 2000 police, reinforced by mobile guards, isolated a large block of houses in a working-class district from which stones…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two Fined for S.p. Betting Police Squad Visits Two Suburbs Small Wagers
Paying surprise visits to Waratah and Mayfield yesterday, coin ciding with the running of Kensington races, Sergeant…
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